Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 255-260 , July 2006

Clinical Utility of Spine Bone Density in Elderly Women

  • Diane L. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0607.
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  • Ricki Bettencourt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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  • Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Received 20 October 2005 ,Revised 27 March 2006 ,Accepted 21 April 2006.

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PII: S1094-6950(06)00182-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.04.116

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 255-260 , July 2006

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